Elliott Waits For No One Premiere Their New “Sky Walker” Music Video

Looking back and peering forward consumes a lot of our time, and as Elliott Waits For No One notes with their new single “Sky Walker,” it’s not often all that worthwhile. Today, the band is pleased to unveil their music video for the brand new single. The song comes from their upcoming new album, Midnight Melody. It will be the follow-up to the band’s 2020 self-titled debut.

“Sky Walker” is singer Jenny Franck’s moment to shine, as she takes lead vocals on this one. Elliott Waits For No One is a very collaborative band featuring Franck, Brian Troch, Jeff Tortora, and Jaben Pennell. Each member tries very hard to lift each other up. They are all longtime veterans of the music industry, so they know exactly how they want to operate. Written by Franck with music by Troch, her vocals on “Sky Walker” evoke both resignation and a sense of frustration, which are both readily relatable.

Discussing the song and its significance to real life, Franck states:

“Sometimes moving forward can be complex and difficult, we wonder how we arrived at a particular point in time and tend to look to the past for answers. If we realize how every single little choice we make changes our paths the answers aren’t as evasive as they may seem. Each choice opens up one possible future. Still, we bask in memories good and bad, people we have met or that have touched our lives in some way as it is comforting and we long for the feelings that those moments gave to us. In the end, forward is the only way and the past is the past for a reason.”

Noting how “Sky Walker” came to be, Franck adds:

“The song started with Brian writing a vibe/chord progression on his acoustic guitar which I heard from the loft room and I immediately heard the melody in my head and the first line of verse ‘Creeping around here I see, faces familiar to me.’ I said, ‘I want this one, I heard the melody in my head right away.’”

With Midnight Melody, Elliott Waits For No One has diversified their sound. This record features more of an organic, dark folk, alternative songwriting style. It speaks to the band’s primary influences. The group is cleverly named after the members’ most cherished musical influences, Elliott Smith and Tom Waits. Nothing about their process is methodical or calculated. It’s all centred around feeling and that little lightning bolt that goes off when a good idea dawns on you. Oftentimes, each band member brings a riff, lyric, or idea to the table, and then that small piece turns into a song that they work out together.

With each of them having such lengthy careers as musicians, they don’t need to spend time doing the brunt of the songwriting work. It all comes naturally, allowing for prime focus on melody and feeling.

Elliott Waits For No One “Sky Walker” single artwork